Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
given to pleasures—(See on Isaiah 47:1). In no city were there so many incentives to licentiousness.
I am . . . none . . . beside me— (Isaiah 47:10). Language of arrogance in man's mouth; fitting for God alone (Isaiah 45:6). See Isaiah 5:8, latter part.
widow . . . loss of children—A state, represented as a female, when it has fallen is called a widow, because its king is no more; and childless, because it has no inhabitants; they having been carried off as captives (Isaiah 23:4; Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 54:4-5; Revelation 18:7-8).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 47:8:
Isaiah 13:9
Isaiah 49:20
Zephaniah 2:15
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